Q 01/05

Which animation technique, applied to about 3,000 frames over 16 weeks, made A-ha's "Take On Me" video famous?

A) Rotoscoping

B) Claymation

C) Stop motion

D) Cel shading

Answer · why

A) Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping means tracing over live-action footage frame by frame, which is why the pencil-drawn hero moves like a real person.

Q 02/05

A-ha performed the title song for which James Bond film, the first to star Timothy Dalton as 007?

A) Licence to Kill

B) The Living Daylights

C) A View to a Kill

D) The World Is Not Enough

Answer · why

B) The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights nearly had Morten Harket on screen too: he was offered a small part as a henchman and turned it down, suspecting he was wanted fo...

Q 03/05

Which rapper's 2013 hit "Feel This Moment", featuring Christina Aguilera, is built on the riff from A-ha's "Take On Me"?

A) Flo Rida

B) Sean Paul

C) Ludacris

D) Pitbull

Answer · why

D) Pitbull

Pitbull took the borrowed riff into the US top ten, and Morten Harket walked on as a surprise guest when the song was performed at the 2013 Billboard ...

Q 04/05

A-ha's stripped-back acoustic 2017 version of "Take On Me" was used in which 2018 superhero film?

A) Aquaman

B) Black Panther

C) Deadpool 2

D) Incredibles 2

Answer · why

C) Deadpool 2

Deadpool 2 used the hushed version taped on the remote Norwegian island of Giske, where the band played in secrecy with phones banned from the room.

Q 05/05

A-ha chose producer John Ratcliff's London studio for their early demos because it housed which arcade game?

A) Donkey Kong

B) Asteroids

C) Space Invaders

D) Missile Command

Answer · why

C) Space Invaders

Space Invaders proved a lucky draw: Ratcliff introduced the trio to his own manager, Terry Slater, and the two men went on to manage A-ha together.